How to invoke ESC+K

bobbygsk · #1 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

How to invoke ESC+K to get recent commands in Korn Shell.
In some of the unix machine ESC+K is available and in some machines, it does not work. All of the machines that I work have Korn shell.

scottn · #2 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

Hi.

Using

Code:

set -o vi

usually does it for me.

bobbygsk · #3 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

Very quick reply. Thx Scottn.

and also one more question. How to press ESC twice and get the full file name at shell prompt.

scottn · #4 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

I don't know

The (normal) ksh way would be ESC then backslash (\)

bobbygsk · #5 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

Probably you are right, Scottn. It worked. Its been more than a year that I touched Unix. Just brushing my skills again. Thank you very much

scottn · #6 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

I just did:

Code:

set -o emacs

and the double escape thing worked... but not the escape-k!

Just read the man page, and emacs is the default, so that was a fat lot of help!

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